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The Pupil
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an America…
My First Book
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Various
This is not a children's book, as may be supposed from the title, but a collection of essays first published in The Idler magazine, in which…
King Arthur and His Knights
Read by Robin Cotter
Maude L. Radford Warren
A collection of King Arthur's adventures, from his ascent to King of Britain to his death. This book includes some of the crucial Arthurian …
Notwithstanding
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Cholmondeley
The book starts with Annette Georges choosing between two fates: suicide and running away with a disreputable stranger. She is rescued by a …
A Journey from This World to the Next
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Henry Fielding
The narrator dies in the first sentence. Through relating his travels in the afterlife, Henry Fielding, author of Tom Jones and Joseph Andre…
The Aspern Papers
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
One of James’s favorite short novels, the Aspern Papers tells of the efforts of the nameless narrator to procure the papers of a famous, bu…
Somehow Good
Read by Helen Taylor
William Frend De Morgan
A mysterious man arrives in London and, in a freak accident, gets electrocuted on an underground train and loses his memory. A young lady ca…
Red Pottage
Read by Simon Evers
Mary Cholmondeley
The book follows a period in the lives of two friends, Rachel West and Hester Gresley. Rachel is a wealthy heiress who falls in love with th…
The Return (de la Mare version)
Read by Corinna Schultz
Walter de la Mare and Walter De La Mare
A story of psychological horror, The Return explores ideas of identity, love, and alienation. Arthur grapples with the reactions of his fami…
Kenilworth
Read by skoval
Sir Walter Scott
An Elizabethan era historical novel by Scotland's master of fiction, Sir Walter Scott. With a cast of historical and created characters, inc…
Stories by English Authors: London
Read by Kirsten Wever
F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill
This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …
Riverdale Stories: A Story for Little Folks
Read by Scarlett Martin
Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams
A compilation of stories of the children of Riverdale who learn life lessons of how to be kind, polite, and helpful as they grow up. Writte…
Sense and Sensibility (version 4)
Read by Karen Savage
Jane Austen
When Mr Henry Dashwood dies, with his estate entailed to his son and grandson, his wife and three daughters are left in reduced circumstance…
Legon Awakening
Read by Nicholas Taylor
Nicholas Taylor
Set in a world that is not our own, Legon Awakening takes you through an epic journey into a land full of imagination and innovation.
Join L…
Marion Fay
Read by Arnold
Anthony Trollope
Marion Fay (1882) offers a pair of romances, each involving a match between one titled personage and one commoner. The misalliances lead to …
The Courage of the Commonplace
Read by Roger Melin
Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews
The short story of a young man who came to terms with himself and became a man on a day when he had proven to be a failure to his family, hi…
The Ontario Readers: Third Book
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Various
The Ontario Readers is a school book first published in 1919, by the Ontario Ministry of Education, containing short excerpts of literary wo…
Robert Falconer
Read by Kenneth R. Morefield
George MacDonald
A Victorian novel devoted to beloved character first introduced to readers in MacDonald's David Elginbrod. (Summary by Kenneth R. Morefield)
Heretics
Read by Ray Clare
G. K. Chesterton
The Author Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere "rollicki…
Studies in the Fairy Mythology of Arthurian Romance
Read by Sonia
Lucy Allen Paton
In this doctoral dissertation, author Lucy Allen Paton (1865-1951), an alumna of Radcliffe College, takes a scholarly look at the role of Mo…